No, you're right. I had thought it was JO on that track, but apparently I am wrong.Was joe on Pet Sounds? I thought that was Carol Kaye, Lyle Ritz, and Ray Pohlman.
Or am I misunderstanding your post (which is more than likely)
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The way bass "should" sound
- Thread starter NoSlapForYou
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Well, it totally depends on the context.
This though is one of my personal favorites (as is Justin Chancellor's general bass tone, though completely different from this), so amazingly gnarly and just absolutely oozing of pure raw energy and power:
This though is one of my personal favorites (as is Justin Chancellor's general bass tone, though completely different from this), so amazingly gnarly and just absolutely oozing of pure raw energy and power:
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I really like this sound - flatwounds with the tone rolled right back?
No joke! Perhaps my favorite overdriven bass tone. And they were kind enough to lead in with the bass on multiple songs. Mexicola for that low C tone. Given what I have read before, it was recorded with a Yamaha SA-70 short scale hollow body.
You can't go wrong with this either. Warm slap tone is a bit of a lost art these days.
Really? did Nick record on it? i would assume it was all on his white P. I'll have the occasion to ask him in the not so distant future.
I have heard that as well.
I forgot. However he is pictured on the album so I often wondered. A friend of mine now plays with Mondo so I'm going to get to the bottom of it
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It's hard to describe the spiritual awakening I had from this man's bass when I was 16 years old. Ball-Hog was my first, but Contemplating the Engine Room is my favorite.
Crazy thing is, it's one of my favorite all-time guitar albums.
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Keeping with the @watt theme... (btw he pokes his head in here on TB sometimes)... this is literal perfection for me. Only time I've ever seen Mike with a Rick and he makes it SING. All Minutemen songs, I never thought I'd see him go back and do a set like this again. If I had one recording to take to the island in the middle of nowhere, this is a strong contender.
Matt Freeman is incredible. Easily the best punk bassist (and the genre has a lot of great bassists), and definitely the best musician in Rancid.
Love this band. You sent me down a nostalgic rabbit hole. Favorites are probably "Sugar Free Jazz" and "Soundtrack to Mary."
Sounds like a Jazz with mutes. Love it, and I'm not shocked.
I drove six hours to Indianapolis to see him (and hang with a dear old friend) in '11 when Hyphenated-Man came out. The encore was a five song Minutemen set. Tom Watson sang all the D. Boon parts. Listening to this with better audio (from the soundboard?), it's nuts how much he sounds like D. Boon.
I've seen him with "Bluey," I've seen him with the Telecaster that had Gibson bass humbuckers installed (Porno for Pyros), and I've seen him with an SG EB... watt must have borrowed that Ric (and rig). I've never seen him with one, or that much overdrive. He used a d.o.d. distortion pedal for Second-Man's Middle Stand, but I've never heard it before as part of his "sound." It's amazing that regardless of equipment, watt will make it sound like himself.
If this was the DownBeat blindfold test, I'd say that it's the best watt impersonation I've ever heard, but it can't be him because of equipment.
Nuts. I'm listening to this on my tablet with headphones, but had to pull out the laptop to type an in-depth watt post. I love it.
